Robert P. Williams

1829 - 1901  (71 years)

• Name	Robert P. Williams  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	5 Nov 1829	Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	11 May 1861	USA   [3]
  _MILT	1865
  	Brigadier General
  Residence	1870	Washington Ward 4, Washington, District of Columbia, USA   [2]
  Residence	1880	Saratoga, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [1]
  Residence	1880	Saratoga, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [1]
  Residence	1900	Washington City, Washington, District of Columbia   [4]
  Death	24 Aug 1901	Hotel Netherwood, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA   [3, 5, 8]
  	stroke
  Residence	1910	Porters Crossroads, Wythe, Virginia   [6]
  Residence	1920	Lead Mines, Wythe, Virginia   [7]
  Person ID	I33161	Bob Juch's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Philip Williams,   b. 17 May 1803, Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA d. 23 Sep 1865, Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mildred Catlett,   b. 24 Jun 1809   d. 27 Feb 1837, Richmond, Wise, Virginia, USA (Age 27 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	May 1825
  Family ID	F23233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose Adele Cutts,   b. 27 Dec 1835, Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, USA d. 26 Jan 1899, Washington City, District of Columbia, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Jan 1866  [8]
  Children	1. Mildred Williams,   b. 18 Jun 1880, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA d. 1941 (Age 60 years)  [natural]   2. Robert Cutts Williams,   b. Jan 1867, Washington City, District Of Columbia, USA  [natural]   3. Ellen Williams,   b. Feb 1870, Washington City, District Of Columbia, USA d. 21 Sep 1929, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA (Age 59 years)  [natural]   4. Phillip Williams,   b. 8 Feb 1870, Washington City, District Of Columbia, USA  [natural]   5. Adele Cutts Williams,   b. 8 Mar 1872, Ft Levenworth, Levenworth, Kansas, USA d. 7 Nov 1932, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA (Age 60 years)  [natural]   6. James C. Williams,   b. 1874, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas d. 14 Oct 1901, Tarlac, Luzon, Davao Oriental, Philippines (Age 27 years)  [natural]   7. Mildred Williams,   b. 18 Jun 1870, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA d. Bef 1880 (Age < 9 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F12257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Nov 1829 - Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  New York Times Aug. 26, 1901 Gen. Robert Williams Dead He Married the Widow of Stephen A. Douglas, Who Had Been His Rival for Her Years Before. Plainfield, N.J., Aug 25—Brig. Gen. Robert Williams died last night at the Hotel Netherwood, about one mile from this city, from an attack of apoplexy. He was seventy-two years old and had been spending the Summer there with his three daughters, his home being in Washington, D.C. Born in Virginia on Nov. 5, 1820, Gen. Williams was appointed to a cadetship at West Point and was graduated after his four years; course with the rank of Brevet Second Lieutenant of the First Dragoons. On July 15, 1831, he was made a Second Lieutenant, and on June 7, 1835 a First Lieutenant. On Aug. 8, 1861, he was promoted to a Captaincy, and soon afterward was made Assistant Adjutant General of The United States. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served from October, 1861, to October, 1862, as Colonel of the First Massachusetts Cavalry. He was in the battle of Antitam, and served as Assistant Adjutant General. He retired from active service on Nov. 5, 1893, at sixty-four years of age. There was a little romance connected with his marriage to the widow of Stephen A. Douglas. Her maiden name was Addie Cutts, and she was a famous Washington Belle. Young Williams courted her while he was yet a cadet at West Point, and Douglas entered the field as a rival and won. When he died she married her old lover. She died in 1899, and he had remained a widower since. He leaves three sons and three daughters, First Lieut. Robert C. Williams of the Thirteenth Cavalry, now in Montana; Second Lieut. J.C. Williams of the Twelfth Infantry, at Manila; Lieut. Philip Williams, United States Navy, also at Manila; Mrs. J.C. Patton, wife of Lieut. Patton, United States Navy, and Misses Addie C. and Mildred Williams. The daughters were with the General when he died. The body was taken to Washington this afternoon and will have a military funeral there. The date for this has not been fixed. At the time Gen. Williams died the usual Saturday evening hop was at its height at the hotel. As soon as his death was made known the festivities ceased and the hotel flag was placed at half mast.

  
  

• Sources

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